According to the local tourist board, the small town of Dalby in Queensland, Australia, offers a taste of life as it used to be. Visitors are encouraged to explore by horse and cart, following a heritage trail to a museum displaying ancient farm machinery....
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” Frank Lloyd Wright. As a keen naturalist and birdwatcher, I spend a lot of my spare time exploring the British countryside, enjoying the abundance and variety that mother nature has to offer....
WHAT IS FACTORY FARMING? Essentially factory farming, the intensive rearing of animals in cages, crammed in confinement is not only the biggest cause of animal cruelty on the planet, it’s also a major driver of declines of wildlife, and the very thing which is taking away...
Today is World Bee Day – a time to focus on the incredible and unique contribution these tiny insects make to keep our world healthy....
For millennia, farming has worked in harmony with nature. However, one human lifetime ago, things changed dramatically: farming became dominated by industrial agriculture....
This week has been an historic moment for animal welfare in the UK with plans for key reforms announced by government, including legal recognition of animal sentience and a ban on live exports....
"If Mother Nature could speak, I believe she would weep." Our own future and the health of all life on Earth depends on us making peace with nature....
As the United Nations Food Systems Summit approaches in September this year, Peter Stevenson OBE, our Chief Policy Advisor, shares his thoughts on why factory farming so dominates animal agriculture. Peter has worked in the animal welfare movement for almost three decades, and played a leading...
The focus of this year’s global Earth Day is on how we can restore our Earth. Between 20th and 22nd April, people in 190 countries will be organising events and promoting ways we can help heal the damage we have caused to our planet....
If I could, I would force big meat eaters to visit a factory farm. Starting with the smell that burns the nostrils and makes you want to vomit....